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Violent Saturday

  • 1955
  • Approved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3K
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Victor Mature and Virginia Leith in Violent Saturday (1955)
Film NoirCrimeDramaThriller

Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.

  • Director
    • Richard Fleischer
  • Writers
    • Sydney Boehm
    • William L. Heath
  • Stars
    • Victor Mature
    • Richard Egan
    • Stephen McNally
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Fleischer
    • Writers
      • Sydney Boehm
      • William L. Heath
    • Stars
      • Victor Mature
      • Richard Egan
      • Stephen McNally
    • 71User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Victor Mature
    Victor Mature
    • Shelley Martin
    Richard Egan
    Richard Egan
    • Boyd Fairchild
    Stephen McNally
    Stephen McNally
    • Harper (bank robber)
    Virginia Leith
    Virginia Leith
    • Linda Sherman
    Tommy Noonan
    Tommy Noonan
    • Harry Reeves, Bank Manager
    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Dill, Bank Robber
    Margaret Hayes
    Margaret Hayes
    • Mrs. Emily Fairchild
    J. Carrol Naish
    J. Carrol Naish
    • Chapman, Bank Robber
    Sylvia Sidney
    Sylvia Sidney
    • Elsie Braden
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Stadt, Amish Farmer
    Dorothy Patrick
    Dorothy Patrick
    • Helen Martin
    Billy Chapin
    Billy Chapin
    • Steve Martin
    Brad Dexter
    Brad Dexter
    • Gil Clayton
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Stan
    • (uncredited)
    John Alderson
    • Amish Farmer on Train
    • (uncredited)
    Ellen Bowers
    • Bank Teller
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Carroll
    • Carol, Martin's Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Bart, Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Fleischer
    • Writers
      • Sydney Boehm
      • William L. Heath
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    • Trivia
      The film's premiere was planned for Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an Amish community, but the town's prudish mayor, Kendig Bare, refused to permit the screening because he considered the film too violent and sexy.
    • Goofs
      The car is started and put into gear so that it will crash through the barn door after which the engine stalls but, while it's still in gear, Stadt and Martin are able to easily push it out.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Emily Fairchild: Would you like me to have you thrown out?

      Linda Sherman: Why don't you get mad enough to try it. All I want is an excuse to pull that hair right out of your stupid head.

      [Mrs. Emily Fairchild looks away]

      Linda Sherman: Guess you don't have the guts.

    • Connections
      Edited into Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965)

    User reviews71

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    7/10

    Beneath The Surface

    Three hoodlums plot to rob a bank in a small town. But the town has secrets of its own: The bank president is a Peeping Tom. The librarian is a petty thief. The son of the strip-mine owner is an alcoholic; his wife is openly carrying on an affair with the local golf pro. The son of the strip-mine foreman is ashamed of him because he didn't fight in Word War II. The strip-mine nurse is the object of several men's sexual fantasies.

    With a great tough guy turn by Lee Marvin as one of the bank robbers, alternately sniffing an inhaler and stomping on kids' fingers, and Ernest Borgnine as an Amish farmer (!) who isn't completely pacifistic. (Inspiration for WITNESS?) The strip-mining is a wonderful metaphor for the secrets that lurk just underneath the surface of a seemingly placid small town. Would be good on a double bill with BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK.
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    • Mar 3, 2008
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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sensation am Sonnabend
    • Filming locations
      • Lowell, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $955,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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